It was great fun at Selhurst Park, but more so for one Arsenal target than another. If any game was going to make their minds up, this was it.
. Add to that the England international’s ability to spot and plug gaps, his work in transition both defensively and offensively, and his experience at a tender age, and it’s easy to see why he’s deemed the ideal man by Arteta.
But this game at Selhurst Park, played in flip-flops between one team that can’t defend set pieces and another that can’t defend at all, was confirmation if we needed it that Rice definitely should leave West Ham for Arsenal and Zaha definitely shouldn’t leave Crystal Palace. From corners, Soucek was an absolute menace. He scored one and set another one up before half-time, before he did the exact same thing in the second half, with Palace entirely baffled – as though it was cheating – by the big Czech flicking the ball on at the near post.
“He’s back with a bang” was the line on commentary as Zaha rather scuffed his one-touch finish into corner on his return to action after four games out.
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